The 1.6M voters who could determine the US election don’t currently reside in the country

The U.S. predetermination mightiness hinge connected voters presently domiciled tens of thousands of miles away, according to caller estimates from nan Democratic National Party – prompting a flurry of caller efforts to mobilize voters overseas and, they hope, swing nan election successful Vice President Kamala Harris' favor. 

According to nan Democratic National Committee (DNC), an estimated 1.6 cardinal U.S. voters surviving overseas are presently eligible to ballot successful 1 of 7 plaything states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania aliases Wisconsin. The states, which transportation a mixed full of 93 Electoral College votes, are considered to beryllium important successful deciding nan adjacent president successful an progressively tight race. 

Now, pinch Harris and erstwhile President Donald Trump locked successful a virtual dormant power conscionable 2 weeks earlier Election Day, this bloc could transportation much power than ever. 

Democrats, for their part, are wasting small clip successful seizing upon what they spot arsenic a important demographic of U.S. voters overseas. 

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A female drops disconnected her ballot into a ballot container successful Norwalk, California. (Frederic J. Brown)

Earlier this year, nan DNC announced a $300,000 finance successful nan group "Democrats Abroad," aimed astatine helping mobilize U.S. voters overseas. 

The finance is simply a first-of-its-kind aid from nan DNC during a statesmanlike run cycle, a spokesperson told Fox News. 

It seeks to ramp up elector registration efforts by U.S. voters overseas, amended residents astir registration and mail-in voting operations, and wide mobilize nan population. They person besides taken retired ads connected societal media.

Voters surviving overseas do look further challenges successful casting their votes, which must beryllium submitted – often by message – to nan authorities successful which they are registered. 

U.S. voters overseas do historically vote astatine a overmuch little rate successful nationalist elections erstwhile compared to their counterparts connected U.S. soil.

Additionally, 47% of subject voters surviving overseas participated successful nan 2020 predetermination but conscionable 8% of non-military voters formed their ballots from overseas – a statistic Democrats are hoping to change.

In an email to Fox News, a spokesperson for nan DNC noted that President Biden's constrictive 44,000-vote advantage successful nan battleground states of Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin helped transportation him to triumph successful 2020. 

Georgia is weighing caller predetermination measures moreover arsenic early voting is underway. (Getty Images)

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Abroad voters had a notable quality successful astatine slightest 2 of those states – Georgia and Arizona – and besides played a cardinal domiciled 2 years later successful nan result of nan adjacent 2022 midterm races.

Now, arsenic nan title tightens moreover further successful its last weeks, Democrats spot this bloc arsenic perchance offering Harris a winning edge.

"This predetermination will beryllium won connected nan margins, and each azygous ballot counts," DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman told Fox News successful a statement.

The push comes arsenic Republicans successful astatine slightest 3 plaything states person sought to ace down connected overseas voting successful nan last sprint to Election Day. The Republican National Party and state-level groups successful Pennsylvania, Michigan and North Carolina person revenge lawsuits this period seeking further restrictions connected a vetting and verification process they reason is devoid of due safeguards.

Absentee ballots are prepared to beryllium mailed astatine nan Wake County Board of Elections connected Sept. 17, 2024 successful Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina will nonstop retired absentee ballots to subject and overseas citizens by Sept. 20. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Though national rule defers to individual states to found their ain predetermination rules, nan Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act tasks nan caput of Defense pinch implementing nan registration and voting for U.S. work members and authorities labor surviving abroad. 

As of this writing, 2 judges successful Michigan and North Carolina rejected nan lawsuits, which they described arsenic devoid of grounds and said consequence disenfranchising voters. 

Democrats, for their part, have criticized nan ineligible push as a last-minute effort by Republicans to restrict elector turnout from a demographic that has until precocious been a reasonably reliable bedrock of GOP support. 

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"We’re going to triumph this predetermination by engaging each eligible voter, nary matter wherever they live," Rahman told Fox News, adding that their finance "shows our committedness to leaving nary chromatic near unturned." 

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